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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Fraud email example:

From: "TOM JOHNSON" <tomjohnson143@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: tomjohnson143@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 23:43:57 -0900
Subject: ENQUIRIES (PHOTOGRAPHER FOR WEDDING)

GREETING,
I'M MR. TOM; MY WEDDING WILL BE COMING UP NEXT MONTH ON THE .29TH OF
JANUARY AT THE ADDRESS BELOW. I WILL LIKE YOU TO BE THE PHTOGRAPHER FOR
MY WEDDIING,I LOOK FORWARD TO A VEY BIG,SOCIAL AND COLOURFULL WEDDING,SO I
WANT THE BEST OF PROFESIONLA JOB. YOU WILL BE WORKING FOR 4 HRS RECEPTIONS
ONLY.

LET ME KNOW IF YOU WILL BE AVAILABLE ON THE DAYS,ALSO I WILL LIKE YOU TO
SEND YOUR TOTAL COST PLUS AIR TICKET FEES,MY PLANNER WILL BOOK THE HOTEL
FOR YOUR COMING. MY ASSOCIATE IN THE STATE WILL TAKE CARE OF THE CHARGES
MODE OF PAYMENT VIA CHECK. I LOOK FORWARD IN HEARING FROM YOU SOONEST.

HERE IS THE RECEPTION ADDRESS SO AS TO CALCULATE THE TOTAL COSTING:-

Central Church of Christ
6755 San Joaquin Street,
Sacramento, CA 95820-2135

I LOOK FORWARD IN READ FROM YOU SOON.

BEST REGARDS



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